Fabric Code: tpr316

Tanga feldspathic pyroxenic

Group C2, feldspathic stream sand with clinopyroxene, without biotite mica. Indigenous to Tanga.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

None (0)	Minor (1)	Few (2)	Common (3)	Frequent (4)	Major (5)	Very Dominant (6)
0%	0-5%	5-15%	15-30 %	30-50%	50-70%	70-100%

Name	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics/ Region
Max	0	0	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric
Min	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	Bismarck

Representative slides:

Slide	Site	Possible Origin	Cal.	Quartz	Feldspar	Pyroxene	Amphibole	Opaques	Olivine	Biotite	Muscovite	Epidote	Garnet/ Spinel	Ig./Met. Rocks	Sed. Rocks	Grog	Lithics
WD_33_4	Boeng Islet (Tanga)	Tanga not Boeng	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	vitric
WD_33_5	Lif (Tanga)	Tanga	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	vitric
WD_33_3	Malendok Islet (Tanga)	Tanga	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	vitric

WD_33_4

Boeng_EUX17 — Sherd EUX17 from Boeng islet (Tanga). Slide WD_33_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Boeng_EUX17 — Sherd EUX17 from Boeng islet (Tanga). Slide WD_33_4 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Matambek site. Feldspathic temper sand that contains abundant clinopyroxene no biotite.

WD_33_5

Lif_ETM3917 — Sherd ETM3917 from Lif (Tanga). Slide WD_33_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Lif_ETM3917 — Sherd ETM3917 from Lif (Tanga). Slide WD_33_5 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Angkikita site. Feldspathic temper sand that contains abundant clinopyroxene and no biotite.

WD_33_3

Maledok_ETR7 — Sherd ETR7 from Malendok islet (Tanga). Slide WD_33_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Maledok_ETR7 — Sherd ETR7 from Malendok islet (Tanga). Slide WD_33_3 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Nonu site. Feldspathic temper sand that contains abundant clinopyroxene no biotite.

References:

239 Tanga, PNG, 2004 (Dickinson, W.)